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RE: Permaculture, Homesteading, and Community Building // How I Sourced My Plants for Free (Part 2)
Still figuring out how to grow most veggies in the tropics... have to relearn everything. So different from cold Europe! Great post and I hope we can provide for our own food too one day!
That is quite a difference! What have you found to be your biggest challenges in growing in the tropics?
The strength of the sun... while in Belgium I was used to putting many plants in as much sun as possible... here you have to protect them from the strong tropical sun... also, small plants don't like the tropical rains. The drops are so big here and in a few minutes everything can be under water... also all the chickens and cows aren't helping, they love young leaves... learned a few valuable lesson already! Now the main thing to figure out is making a decent soil mix... so all tips are welcome!
Hmm here's a crazy idea! I've made structures in the tropics before by propagating living plants that grow like crazy in that environment, kind of like this: http://inhabitat.com/diy-bio-tecture-build-your-own-backyard-living-willow-dome/ or this http://www.apieceofrainbow.com/10-amazing-living-structures/
I can't remember the names of the plants we were using though.
You could potentially do the same for a low cost and beautiful shade structure that you could plant inside of, that way the plants are protected from too much sun and heavy rain.
That looks amazing! Thanks for the tip! We are moving house in 3 months! I'll def keep this in mind. Think passion fruit is ideal for that. Bookmarked ;-)